Serica

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Serica f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain junebugs and May beetles.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Scarabaeiformia - infraorder; Scarabaeoidea - superfamily; Scarabaeidae - family; Melolonthinae - subfamily; Sericini - tribe

• (genus): Serica brunnea - type species

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From Latin Serica, from Ancient Greek Σηρικά (Sēriká), from Σῆρες (Sêres, “Seres”) + -ική (-ikḗ), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), likely ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrɪkə/

Serica

1. (historical) An ancient empire in East Asia, North China reached overland as opposed to the Sinae, the South Chinese reached by sea.

• caries, ericas

From Ancient Greek Σηρικά (Sēriká), from Σῆρες (Sêres, “Seres”) + -ική (-ikḗ), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), likely ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Equivalent to Sērēs +‎ -ica.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.ri.ka/, [ˈs̠eːrɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ri.ka/, [ˈsɛːrikä]

Sērica f sg (genitive Sēricae); first declension

1. (historical) Serica, Cathay (an ancient empire in East Asia), North China reached overland as opposed to Sinae, the South Chinese reached by sea.
2. (New Latin) China (a country in East Asia).

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Res Publica Popularis Sinarum (sometimes disputed); Res Publica Sinarum (chiefly historical); Taivania (uncommon, disputed)

• Sīnae, Sērēs

• English: Serica